I’ve never used it but for your large order, you might want to look into M-bag service. Back when I did a lot of online book selling I know it was used by some book dealers.
Hope that helps! -Michael > On Jan 9, 2020, at 10:09 PM, Craig Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Folks > > As some of you know, I wrote a recently released book called "Star Wars > Memories: My Time in the (Death Star) Trenches). It's about the years I > worked on the marketing of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back. > > I have two international requests for copies of my book. They could, of > course, just order from Amazon in their home countries but they want signed > copies so they have to get them from me. > > Case 1) A guy in Australia (and possibly a couple of his friends) want signed > copies. I went to the Post Office and the cheapest rate they quoted me -- > the clerk admitted she didn't really know how to look this up -- was $24 to > ship a 2.1 pound envelope. That would be one copy of the book. Media Mail > apparently can't be used overseas. > > Case 2) A Star Wars convention in Norway wants to buy 30 (!) copies, some > personalized and some just signed. They'd like to bring me in as a guest (in > which case they could buy from Amazon locally and I'd sign on site) but I > don't know if my wife, Genny, whose still recovering after two and a half > months in the hospital from a nerve-destroying ailment, will be well enough > by March for me to travel like that. Thirty copies of my book, which is > large and fairly heavy, would require two boxes weighing about 32 pounds > each. I'm getting quotes for shipping from USPS, UPS, and FedEx ranging from > $500 to $1100. > > $24 for one copy or $1100 for two boxes of copies is nuts. There must be > some cheaper way to ship books overseas. > > What am I missing? > > Thanks, > Craig. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 310/995-1252 (mobile) > https://www.facebook.com/cfmiller > https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-miller-990b2719/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
